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The telly out here in Asia's appalling, so mostly we watch boxsets.


I've been on Amazon, refilling the coffers and snapped up The Wire, Peep Show, Silent Witness 1, Flight of the Conchords and Prime Suspect 7.


We're through the BBC's (rather limited) collection.


What else should we be getting our teeth into? Stuff from ITV / Ch.4 / Ch. 5 and Sky?

Carnival (US) - About two opposing forces (one good and one evil) set in the last great recession with stunning visuals, great characters and an intriguing plot... won't say any more but I sat and watched the whole of Season 1 in a weekend then went out and got season 2 (final) to do the same !!!

That Sing and Sign thing's a bit highbrow for me.


The Shield and Carnival both look groovy. Curb your Enthisasm's a brilliant idea. Dexter's intriguing... Does Oz have any good looking ladies in it? Not that I'm shallow of course.


Isn't Deadwood a Western with Lovejoy? Always had this downer on Westerns since beeing forced to watch them at the age of thirteen on Saturday afternoons by my best mate.

OZ barely as any women in it at all. I can only think of 2 off the top of my head - but it is set in a maximum security prison for men!


I'm from the same place as you re: westerns. But Deadwood changed that completely - you can practically smell the place and the way it deals with the formation of the federal US is very pertinent today (lots of libertarians complaining about government interference for a start)


And if you think Lovejoy is anything like his antique self, it will be a revelation!

Battlestar Galactica. S1-4 out on DVD. S5 just finished on Sky (but I haven't yet seen the final ep, so please no spoilers!). Dark, comic, epic, twisted sci-fi.


http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5939054.ece

Just finished Generation Kill and thoroughly recommend it. More a Mini series really but still a good 5+ hours. Still waiting for Breaking Bad to land on DVD...heard great things about it. The Dad from Malcolm in The Middle plays an Industrial Pharmacist who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and sets about leaving his family a hefty legacy by creating and distributing Weapons grade Street drugs...a man with nothing to lose and all that. Sounds awfully hackneyed but apparently its rather good and one a few Emmys last year.

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